Atriplex leucophylla |
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beach saltbush, sea scale, whiteleaf orach |
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Habit | Herbs, prostrate (decumbent or procumbent), many branched, 1.5–6 dm, somewhat woody below, coarse, white scurfy. |
Leaves | many, sometimes crowded; blade orbiculate to ovate or ovate-lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, 8–40 × 4–18 mm, base obtuse or rounded, white scurfy. |
Staminate flowers | in dense terminal spikes. |
Pistillate flowers | in few-flowered, axillary clusters. |
Seeds | dark red-brown, 2.5–3 mm. |
Fruiting | bracteoles not compressed, 5–7 mm, faces usually with wartlike projections, scurfy. |
Atriplex leucophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Sea beaches, along coasts, at higher elevation inland |
Elevation | 0-30 m (0-100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Atriplex leucophylla occurs with Potentilla, Camissonia, Ambrosia, Cakile, and Calystegia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 366. |
Parent taxa | Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Obione > sect. Obione > subsect. Leucophyllae |
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Synonyms | Obione leucophylla |
Name authority | (Moquin-Tandon) D. Dietrich: Syn. Pl. 5: 536. (1852) |
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